tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post4600778710641038687..comments2015-03-03T10:14:46.309-06:00Comments on Female Impersonator: Feminism shall smite thee, Mother Earth!Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-29250139578149423752008-04-23T00:00:00.000-05:002008-04-23T00:00:00.000-05:00I was totally going to point that out Andrew, but ...I was totally going to point that out Andrew, but you beat me to the punch. I'm 100% certain that the largest consumer of oil in the world is the US Department of Defense. Perhaps if we would stop killing people we could save the world... and in more ways than one!Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333226493312516551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-18693546212495671632008-04-22T22:11:00.000-05:002008-04-22T22:11:00.000-05:00Here's a fun video about consumerism/environmental...Here's a fun video about consumerism/environmentalism/human rights(kinda a time investment; 20 min.<BR/><BR/>It is quite clearly told from a strongly biased anti-materialist fair-trader stance, but it's quite thought provoking in regards to the statistics it gives.<BR/><BR/>http://www.storyofstuff.com/<BR/><BR/>you can directly download the clip from the site as well.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-43112453596282667882008-04-22T22:05:00.000-05:002008-04-22T22:05:00.000-05:00Absurd counter-argument: The US military upper ech...Absurd counter-argument: The US military upper echelons are all run by men. They use a large quantity of imported fossil fuels per year. Therefore they are the problem. :-P<BR/><BR/>Actually the armed forces only use about 1% of the annual fossil fuels consumed by the US[1]<BR/><BR/>But actually its the suburban culture we've built that causes this. We build cities for workplaces, and suburbs to live in. Then everyone drives their own private car, usually a big block sedan (status symbol) sports car (status symbol) or SUV (stupid symbol), to work on errands and back, most of these vehicles remain 80% empty as one person of five is in it. The link to feminism here is, of course, the gender roles imposed on our society that coincide with suburban life, mainly the soccer-mom. The nurturing non-bread-winning mother is bombarded with adverts for consumer goods; cleaning products, household items, yard and garden tools and cure-alls, as well as all the things that are targeted at her children that, of course, the "good mother" will provide to her children. It's this scenario that creates a process of extraction-production-one time use-to disposal that is so terrible for our environment. So I ask who is really to blame? I think its the patriarchal society that imposes these roles on women and quite frankly, society in general. <BR/><BR/>The only real link I can see between feminism and environmentalism is that they both seek to right wrongs.<BR/><BR/>Cashill is a tool. :-P<BR/><BR/><BR/>[1]http://www.energybulletin.net/29925.htmlAndrewnoreply@blogger.com